Athletics look to avoid sweep behind JP Sears Wednesday

The Oakland Athletics will try to avoid a sweep Wednesday afternoon when they wrap up their homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays. The A’s dropped the first two games of the series falling 6-5 in 10 innings Monday and 7-1 Tuesday despite a good showing by Ken Waldichuk. JP Sears will get the start for Oakland in the finale while Toronto will go with veteran lefty Hyun Jin Ryu.

Sears will make his 28th start Wednesday and is coming off of a good outing in his last start. Sears was tagged for 18 hits and 13 runs combined in just 10 innings in his last two starts in August. He bounced back effectively to start September by tossing six scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Angels. Despite…